Title: History of the Eighteenth Century and of the Nineteenth Till the Overthrow of the French Empire: With Particular Reference to Mental Cultivation and Progress
Publisher: HardPress Ltd
Publication Date: 2021
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0461772914
ISBN 13: 9780461772913
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 526 grams

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"History Of The Eighteenth Century And Of The Nineteenth Till The Overthrow Of The French Empire: With Particular Reference To Mental Cultivation And Progress" by F. C. Schlosser is presented here with a translator’s preface and the opening chapters that outline the book’s aims and approach to European culture, politics, and literature as mutually formative. The translator stresses Schlosser’s independence and the book’s continental perspective, aiming to link literary development with political and social change across Europe. The work treats literature as both a mirror and driver of progress, offering a Europe-wide, comparative view of how nations influence institutions and ideas in the transition from medieval structures to modern constitutional concepts, with the Enlightenment at its center. It surveys the tension between religious authority and emerging rational inquiry, and the reciprocal influence of Italy, France, England, and the Dutch-speaking world on education and politics. Central figures such as Locke, Shaftesbury, Toland, Bolingbroke, and Diderot appear within a network of deists and rationalists challenging orthodox religion. The excerpt argues that modern European literature cannot be separated from its religious, political, and intellectual transformations, and underscores how English, French, Italian, and German contributions interact to shape modern Europe.

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